The Fed Can Implement Open Market Operations

question 28

Multiple Choice

The Fed can implement open market operations

• A)more rapidly than changes in reserve requirements, but less rapidly than changes in the discount rate.
• B)more rapidly than changes in the discount rate, but less rapidly than changes in reserve requirements.
• C)less rapidly than either changes in the discount rate or changes in reserve requirements.
• D)more rapidly than either changes in the discount rate or changes in reserve requirements.

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Definitions:

P-value

The probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Null Hypotheses

A statement in statistical analysis that proposes there is no significant effect or difference between specified populations or variables.

Alternative Hypotheses

Hypotheses that propose there is a significant difference, effect, or relationship in a scientific study, contrasting the null hypothesis.

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